Fear of Islam Hurts Obama in Kentucky

Many Kentuckians state in interviews that they will not vote for Obama because he's black or becuase they think he's a Muslim.
MINKsays...

I like how "i read something on the internet and now a camera is here" is raised to the level of "i have a well researched and considered opinion that i am happy to leave on record as coming out of my face, and i have a democratic right to be ignorant in a free society".

Irishmansays...

Yeah, cos the Muslim community is such a threat to America. Where's that list of the 911 hijackers again? You know, the one were half of them are Saudis and the other half are still alive?

And which one of the hijackers was it that they found his passport a couple of blocks away from ground zero? And all those Korans that mysteriously started turning up in hotel rooms after 911?

Yeah they don't talk about that much any more.

10944says...

The level of ignorance these people display is truly frightening. I'd really like to know what the "websites" and "news sources" are that feed them their opinions, but I guess I can make a pretty good guess.

We're all given roughly the same mental equipment to make sense of the world with; it's an insult towards the whole species to neglect to use it.

11731says...

I'm proud to say I live in Kentucky. While I voted for Barack, as did most of the people in my (the most populous) county in the state, it was a drop in the bucket. Most of the revenue generated by the state comes from Louisville. Just remember, by making a broad statment about ALL Kentuckians, you are engaging in the same prejudiced slandering that you are bashing. And for the record, the south doesnt own up to us, nor the north. It aint easy being the middle child.

10944says...

>> ^Bfresh:
Just remember, by making a broad statment about ALL Kentuckians, you are engaging in the same prejudiced slandering that you are bashing.


That rather goes without saying. If you're referring to me, you'll hopefully see I made no statements about all Kentuckians; just the ones willfully flaunting their xenophobia and ethnocentrism in this clip.

elyssesays...

thanks Bfresh.. i'm in Lexington myself, and i'm getting quite fed up with all of this stereotyping since the primaries moved this way. it's good to know that other people are as irritated with it as well, and this is just another case of the louder minority of the population getting the airtime. if people thought about the US as a whole the same way they think of Appalachia, the US would be nothing but Hummer-Driving, FOX watching, Pat Robertson and Fred Phelps-following, warmongering fatties...but then again, maybe we are.

[edit] what i mean to say is this: you all had better not be surprised if us Kentuckians are more sensitive to this kind of hilbilly fingerpointing than usual. it's been far worse than usual because of the primaries, and we might just start lashing out.

Majortomyorkesays...

what i mean to say is this: you all had better not be surprised if us Kentuckians are more sensitive to this kind of hilbilly fingerpointing than usual. it's been far worse than usual because of the primaries, and we might just start lashing out.

I hope you do lash out. While it should be obvious that a few low IQ'ers don't represent an entire region or state, from a 3rd party point of view it can be hard to keep an objective perspective without being reminded that reasonable people make up the mix. I'm not suggesting that it should be your responsibility to remind everyone of this fact, but I appreciate hearing it.

Farhad2000says...

Who exactly are these high Racial Resentment Index voters? A majority, 61 percent, have less than a four-year college education, many are older (44 percent were over the age of 60 compared to just 18 percent under the age of 40) and nearly half (46 percent) live in the South.

from Newsweek.

Then should be...

JUST FUCKING SAY IT YOU RACIST STUPID OLD FUCKS

jwraysays...

>> ^Farhad2000:

Who exactly are these high Racial Resentment Index voters? A majority, 61 percent, have less than a four-year college education, many are older (44 percent were over the age of 60 compared to just 18 percent under the age of 40) and nearly half (46 percent) live in the South.
from Newsweek.

Then should be...
JUST FUCKING SAY IT YOU RACIST STUPID OLD FUCKS


Probably not because of the birth rate, but because almost any young person in the town they interviewed would want to move out and there isn't a top-100 college in the entire state of Kentucky.

jwraysays...

Regarding hearsay, the evening news is even worse than Wikipedia. At least Wikipedia has a rule about citing sources. Most TV news doesn't cite any kind of source for any story, and parrots what other TV news stations are reporting with minimal additional research.

MaxWildersays...

This clip is much better than the earlier one. More balanced viewpoints, some racist, some acknowledging that they have issues that they need to move beyond. Not just one or two yokels making idiots of themselves.

11844says...

I'm from Lexington as well. This isn't really representative of the general population, at least not around here but this kind of thinking is prevalent in many parts of the state and is definitely enough to cause trouble for Obama when combined with the people who are voting against him for more legitimate reasons.

quantumushroomsays...

Can't vote for him because he's a tax-raising, gun-grabbing, wacko-appeasing, Big Gummint liberal.

The drive-by media is simply too busy hiding Obama's radical left-wing agenda to address the half-truths about Islam.

Kreegathsays...

I hope Obama raises the taxes enough for the public schools to adequately educate the youth of America, for the states to properly maintain their roads, for free public healthcare and a social safety net to combat poverty and the class society. But that's just the thoughts of a communist, tax-loving European.

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